Write local. Play global.

05/28/2025

https://www.writenow.berlin/competition/

10-Minute Play Competition WriteNow Berlin / CoronaNow Everywhere Today sharing stories is more important than ever. Even though we are a Berlin based playwriting community we would like to make this competition accessible to anyone from anywhere around the world. Coronavirus has disoriented us. Wha...

03/25/2025

The awesome Write Local Play Global artists at the Bright Generations Festival in Marseille. From left to right, Afeif Ismail (Sudan/Australia) and three of WLPG's leadership team - Karin Serres (France), Ginni Manning (UK) and Cleiton Echeveste (Brazil)

03/22/2025

Dear TYA friends worldwide,
The Write local. Play global. international TYA playwright network is happy to invite you to 3 events during the Bright Generations festival, in Marseille, France:
- Cultural translation in TYA - a round table to share and feel enriched by the other ones cultural translation experience in TYA
Tuesday, March 25th, 2-3:30 PM, Théâtre Joliette, petite salle
- Sardine, savon, voyage ! - reading-talk by young comedians of 20 new French speaking very short scripts coming from 13 countries
Wednesday, March 26th, 5-6:30 PM, La Friche, salle Seita
- Marseille, a sense of a place - an onsite collective visual poem you’re all invited to take part in - Thursday, March 27th, 6-7 PM, opening at La Friche, studio MOD

03/19/2025

The Write Local Play Global International TYA Script Information Library is launched. You can submit info on your play in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and

Submit to International TYA Script Information Library Submit to International TYA Script Information Library Enviar a Biblioteca Mundial de Información sobre textos teatrales para la Infancia y la Juventud Envoyer à la Bibliothèque Mondiale d’Information sur les textes de théâtre Jeune Publ...

03/13/2025

The Write Local Play Global international TYA playwright network just opened for submissions our International TYA Script Information Library.

An article with details in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese is on our home page: https://www.writelocalplayglobal.org/

Artists can currently submit information in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Arabic. More languages in the works, and we are open to further conversations.
https://www.writelocalplayglobal.org/new-page-2

The library itself, with nine entries that we used as beta-testing, is here
https://www.writelocalplayglobal.org/blog-2-1

International TYA Script Information Library You can search by language, name of country, name of author, or title of play Búsqueda por idioma, país, nombre del autor o título de la obra. Vous pouvez chercher dans cette bibliothèque par langage, pays, nom de l’auteur.ice ou titre de la pièce....

03/06/2025

03/06/2025

🚨Attention all South African Poets🚨

Submissions are still open for the Nelson Mandela Centenary Slam Competition🎤✨
In celebration of Mandela’s first year of schooling in 1925, we invite you to showcase your talent and honor his legacy of education and resilience.

The theme is Education is Power 💡

Enter for a chance to be one of the TOP 10 FINALISTS and WIN:
🎁R500 book voucher
🎶R2000 radio royalty fee
📻Your poem could even air on the radio!

📝Don’t miss out – head to the link below to fill out the SUBMISSION FORM.
https://poetryafrica.ukzn.ac.za/centenary-of-nelson-mandelas-first-year-of-school-national-slam-competition/

Competition Closes 13 March 2025 (Thursday). Make sure to submit now!🙌

07/13/2024

Op-ed in HowlRound Theater Commons. Still pretty relevant, I think.

|By Kim Peter Kovac. Kim Peter Kovac looks at the way the theatre for young audiences field has changed over the last few years, where it’s at today, and what his hopes are for the future.

05/29/2024

Also, yesterday, May 28, the ASSITEJ Inspirational Playwright awards wrangled by the Write Local Play Global playwrights network (of which I'm part of the leadership team) were celebrated - 3 female playwrights (and more) from Palestine, Serbia, and Senegal.

The ASSITEJ Inspirational Playwrights awards were created by the Write Local Play Global network in collaboration with the ASSITEJ Executive Committee. We decided it was impossible to chose a ‘best’ playwright given the organization’s mosaic of countries, languages, and theatrical traditions. ...

11/16/2021

Info on a discussion on translation for young audiences

Dec 3 8:00 PM20:00 Discussion on Translation for Young Audiences Friday, December 3, 2021 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 20:00 21:00 341 Cloudes Mill Drive Alexandria, VA 22304 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Dear colleagues, dear translators, dear interested parties,after six translators' workshops, we th...